Strange Things Are Afoot At The Circle K

Tonight was date night. After running errands, and securing new supplies for the school year, my wife and I headed to Blockbuster. Setting aside our usual Netflix addiction, we needed an instant movie fix. It was my turn to choose a movie this evening. I settled on:

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

Chomping on our quesadillas, we watched Bill and Ted criscross their way through history collecting historical figures. The movie doesn't take itself seriously; it simply puts absurd characters into absurd situations. Billy the Kid and Socrates play catch with a Nerf football. Napoleon visits Waterloo--the waterpark. Sigmund Freud discovers corndogs. Joan of Arc is introduced to aerobics. Ghengis Khan destroys a mannequin with a baseball bat. Abraham Lincoln has his picture taken at an antique photo shop and, subsequently, runs away as the photographer asks for the top hat and "stupid beard." Beethoven sounds off on electric keyboards.

It is a fun movie and the best part is George Carlin's stumbling performance as the time traveling, history report-saving Rufus. But you do have to appreciate U.N. Jefferson--I mean, Bernie Casey's role as Mr. Ryan.

During the movie, my wife and I debated the merits of the film and, ultimately, decided that it would be pretty cool to have a time traveling phone booth. It sure beats our haggard-looking Honda Accord.

In the end, she asked me where I would go if I had a time traveling phone booth. This is an interesting question. I will answer it in a later post. So, for now, dear readers, I ask:

Where would you go if you could travel back in time?